History of international relations : a non-European perspective / Erik Ringmar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ringmar, Erik, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations--History.

International relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages)

Place of Publication:

Open Book Publishers 2019

Cambridge, UK : Open Book Publishers, [2019]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Existing textbooks on international relations treat history in a cursory fashion and perpetuate a Euro-centric perspective. This textbook pioneers a new approach by historicizing the material traditionally taught in International Relations courses, and by explicitly focusing on non-European cases, debates and issues. The volume is divided into three parts. The first part focuses on the international systems that traditionally existed in Europe, East Asia, pre-Columbian Central and South America, Africa and Polynesia. The second part discusses the ways in which these international systems were brought into contact with each other through the agency of Mongols in Central Asia, Arabs in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean, Indic and Sinic societies in South East Asia, and the Europeans through their travels and colonial expansion. The concluding section concerns contemporary issues: the processes of decolonization, neo-colonialism and globalization - and their consequences on contemporary society. History of International Relations provides a unique textbook for undergraduate and graduate students of international relations, and anybody interested in international relations theory, history, and contemporary politics. As with all Open Book publications, this en tire book is available to read for free on the publisher’s website. Printed and digital editions, together with supplementary digital material, can also be found at www.openbookpublishers.com.

Contents:

Introduction

China and East Asia

India and Indianization

The Muslim Caliphates

The Mongol Khanates

Africa

The Americas

European Expansion

Afterthoughts: Walls and Bridges.

Notes:

CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783740239

178374023X

OCLC:

1135847955

Publisher Number:

10.11647/OBP.0074

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access.